| electrocution | Death caused by electricity. See: electrocute. Synonym: electrothanasia. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| electrocystography | Recording of electric currents or changes in electric potential from the urinary bladder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| electrode | <chemistry> Any terminal that conducts an electric current into or away from various conducting substances in a circuit (such as the anode or cathode of a battery). (09 Jan 1998) |
| electrode catheter ablation | A method of ablating the site of origin of arrhythmias whereby high energy electric shocks are delivered by intravascular catheters. (05 Mar 2000) |
| electrode knife | A blade-shaped electrical instrument used to cut tissues by means of a high-frequency electrical current. (05 Mar 2000) |
| electrodermal | Pertaining to electric properties of the skin, usually referring to altered resistance. Origin: electro-+ G. Derma, skin (05 Mar 2000) |
| electrodermal audiometry | A form of electrophysiologic audiometry used to determine hearing thresholds by measuring changes in skin resistance as a conditioned response to noise stimuli. (05 Mar 2000) |
| electrodermatome | Any dermatome powered by electricity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| electrodes | Mediums used between an electric conductor and the object to which the current is to be applied. In electrotherapy, electrodes are instruments with a point or surface from which to transmit electric current to the body of a patient or to another instrument; in electrodiagnosis, they are needles or metal plates used to stimulate or record the electrical activity of tissue. (12 Dec 1998) |
| electrodes, implanted | Electric conductors through which an electric current enters or leaves a medium. When inserted, usually surgically, they are referred to as implanted electrodes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| electrodesiccation | Use of an electric current to destroy cancerous tissue and control bleeding. (12 Dec 1998) |
| electrodiagnosis | Diagnosis of disease states by recording the spontaneous electrical activity of tissues or organs or by the response to stimulation of electrically excitable tissue. (12 Dec 1998) |
| electrodialysis | The use of an electric field to speed up the dialysis process. The electric field is applied across the dialysis membrane. Origin: Gr. Lysis = dissolution (09 Oct 1997) |
| electrodiffusion | The use of an electric field to induce substances with positive or negative charges to move in a particular direction. (09 Oct 1997) |
| electrodynamic | <physics> Pertaining to the movements or force of electric or galvanic currents; dependent on electric force. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |